Nov 24, 2016
Jason Kenney flaunts his backers despite their questionable pasts
David J. Climenhaga
Voices from the ancien regime: Jason Kenney has published a list of 50 former MLAs who support him.
Nov 24, 2016 Jason Kenney flaunts his backers despite their questionable pastsDavid J. Climenhaga Voices from the ancien regime: Jason Kenney has published a list of 50 former MLAs who support him. |
Oct 7, 2016 Five years ago today, Alison Redford was sworn in as premier of Alberta and the wheels fell off the Tory busDavid J. Climenhaga Alison Redford may not have intended to, but she smashed the mould. Alberta politics will never be the same again. It all started five years ago today. |
Jul 5, 2016 Jason Kenney reported ready to announce his bid to lead a Tory Restoration effort as soon as tomorrowDavid J. Climenhaga Ye shall know them by their friends … and some of Jason Kenney's are pretty interesting to contemplate. |
Jan 7, 2016 Alberta NDP defies voters by continuing to govern as if it won the election that put it in power: political scientistDavid J. Climenhaga It's been almost nine months now. Surely it's time for Alberta conservatives to get up to speed on how this democracy thing works! |
Nov 13, 2015 If we'd been paying attention, perhaps we wouldn't be so shocked by U of C's corporate-influence scandalDavid J. Climenhaga It is hard to believe that much non-partisan, independent academic scholarship takes place in the atmosphere encouraged at the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy. |
May 13, 2015 By ignoring Ed Stelmach, the oiligarchy and the ideological right overreached and lost plentyDavid J. Climenhaga If interim PC Leader Ric McIver is serious about rebuilding his party, he needs to start listening more carefully to what former premier Ed Stelmach has to say. |
Jan 16, 2015 Prentice sales tax balloon has Albertans taking note -- and potshotsDavid J. Climenhaga A sales tax? In Alberta? Alberta Premier Jim Prentice has obviously taken former finance minister Ted Morton's advice to heart that "this fiscal crisis is too good to waste." |
Jan 13, 2015 It's not spring in Alberta yet, but there are hints of a spring election in the airDavid J. Climenhaga The PC Party board of directors voted on Saturday to have all their candidates nominated by the Ides of March. After that, a vote is bound to follow quickly. |
Dec 3, 2014 Bill 10 gong show's bungled effort to pander to PC Party's worst elements proves Jim Prentice is no political supermanDavid J. Climenhaga Yesterday's bungled Bill 10 brouhaha reveals Alberta Premier Jim Prentice is just another politician who puts his pants on one leg at a time … backwards. |
Dec 2, 2014 What are Premier Jim Prentice and his three 'agents of change' planning for Alberta's public service?David J. Climenhaga Watch out! The fight to save public services, fair pensions for the people who deliver them, and the very idea of a public sector is far from over in Alberta. |
Jul 16, 2014 Could Ric McIver still win the Alberta Tory leadership race? Actually, yes, he could!David J. Climenhaga If Ric McIver were to beat Jim Prentice for the Tory crown, he'd be the third candidate in a row not favoured by the party establishment to pull off the feat, fourth if you count Ralph Klein. |
Jun 2, 2014 Don't let any 'celebrities' tell you different, we've got friends of science here in AlbertaDavid J. Climenhaga The "Friends of Science" is an interesting group, another part of the vast, intricate and well-funded network of loony-right fronts linked back to the "Calgary School." |
Apr 30, 2014 A Tale of Two Leaders, Brian Mason and Alison Redford: The best of exits, the worst of exitsDavid J. Climenhaga Alberta NDP Leader Brian Mason announced his retirement plans yesterday. When he goes, taking his famous one-liners with him, the silence around here will be deafening. |
Apr 4, 2014 Tales from the Alberta Tory crypt: Apres Alison le delugeDavid J. Climenhaga Every day the list of promising leadership prospects no longer interested in becoming the last Progressive Conservative premier in Alberta history gets longer. |
Mar 20, 2014 A very Albertan coup: Alison Redford fell victim to her own hubris, as well as that of her partyDavid J. Climenhaga Alberta Premier Alison Redford resigned yesterday. Deputy Premier Dave Hancock has been named interim Premier. |
Feb 14, 2014 Means tests: Recommended for poor oldsters, not wealthy petro-provincesDavid J. Climenhaga What are we Albertans going to do with this embarrassment of riches? Who knows? |
May 17, 2013 CBC journalist Charles Rusnell: Slaying Alberta's Tory dragon, one scandal at a time …David J. Climenhaga If CBC Edmonton investigative reporter Charles Rusnell were a police officer, he'd be the kind of cop who'd ticket the chief's car at a funeral. |
Mar 1, 2013 Tom Flanagan, neoconservative spiritual leader, consigned to utter darknessDavid J. Climenhaga It is not known when adherents of the Canadian neocon faith will elect their new spiritual leader -- although it's possible Preston Manning is available for the job. |
Feb 27, 2013 Alberta education minister's bluff called by apoplectic schoolteachers! Now what?David J. Climenhaga Alberta’s education minister told teachers they could face a pay cut if they don’t accept the government’s parsimonious four-year deal by March 7. Yesterday the teachers told him to drop dead. |
Jan 17, 2013 The Redford Tories' conundrum: Progressive reason versus Conservative passionDavid J. Climenhaga Alberta Premier Alison Redford and Finance Minister Doug Horner have been singing Gloomy Thursday, a tune so melancholy many listeners are tempted to jump off a fiscal cliff! |
Jan 1, 2013 Why wait? Read 2013's shocking political headlines right now!David J. Climenhaga Warning: This is a work of humour. Actual events may not turn out exactly as predicted, or even close, sort of like Fraser Institute studies in that regard. |
Nov 25, 2012 Wildrose leader to Albertans: You're gullible and stupid!David J. Climenhaga It's apparent Pastor Allan Hunsperger, the Wildrose Lake of Fire guy, is going to be made to wear the party's election loss last spring for all eternity. |
Oct 21, 2012 Alberta Premier Alison Redford gets warm reception in union lions' denDavid J. Climenhaga Alberta Premier Alison Redford appears to want to try to maintain the informal alliance her government built in the last days of last spring's provincial election with unionized public service workers |
Aug 16, 2012 Rats! Alberta has 'em … and not just the kind Ed Stelmach warned us aboutDavid J. Climenhaga Norwegian rats have their eyes on Alberta! It's time to root them out, and their pipeline hating, royalty demanding, revolutionary pals! |